Jon Fitch among 16 fighters released from UFC on Tuesday

Oh, so threads are no longer opinion driven? When did that change? So people are only allowed to post if they're BOTHERED by his release. Ahhhhhh gotcha. I wasn't aware those of us who some how manage to muddle thru despite his release need to find another forum to share our lack of disdain for the system.

Excuse while I go start a "Life goes on without Fitch..." thread.

Generally, When I open with "I dont care," I dont follow that with pages full of my opinion on why I do care. Just me. Maybe Im weird.

but please, continue to show us how little you care by posting about it more Maybe you could bring up fedor out of nowhere again to show us how little you care about him too?

the UFC is supposed to be the big league where all the best fighters in the world are
Fitch is easy in the top 5, Elite level, you may not like his style but no long ago people were giving him credit for the win against eric silva.

Yeah, I probably should have opened with a dramatic, yet poignant comment like "Wow". That probably would have set the tone & showed people how much I care. My bad.

I like how youre trying to compare me caring about jon fitch in a jon fitch thread, to you pretending you dont care, and even more pathetically arguing with me about how little you care rather than just dissapearing like someone who didnt care would

the UFC is supposed to be the big league where all the best fighters in the world are
Fitch is easy in the top 5, Elite level, you may not like his style but no long ago people were giving him credit for the win against eric silva.

They probably didnt want to pay the kind of money he wanted. I dont think dana would cut him just because he lost. Does anyone know where he was in his contract?

Meh Russow lost his last two. They gave him a bigger fight with Werdum and he got stomped. Then he got knocked out by Shawn Jordan. Jay Hieron went 0-2 in his latest run. Terry Etim lost his last two.

Ulysses Gomez IMHO didn't show up to fight over the weekend. His excuse for his UFC debut was that it was short notice and he didn't get a full camp. His excuse for hardly doing anything against Phil Harris was at he was the hometown hero.

Santiago is a mediocre fighter in the UFC.

Mills, not sure if I'd call him promising. He's a decent fighter but he looks like another British fighter with no wrestling or takedown defense.

I think Volkmann, Fitch, and Sass should've gotten one more chance. Sass especially because his grappling game is fun to watch.

If you're going to give Sass another chance than Terry deserves one, much better fighter with a great ground game too.

the UFC is supposed to be the big league where all the best fighters in the world are
Fitch is easy in the top 5, Elite level, you may not like his style but no long ago people were giving him credit for the win against eric silva.

Then he fought Demian Maia and got demolished.

A wrestler with no strike game, who can't do anything when he's getting out-grappled - is not a top 5 fighter.

Jon Fitch is in the top 10% of Zuffa fighter pay. He's done a lot in his division, so he has a sense of entitlement. Problem is, he's so entitled that he won't take a fight with a top 5 guy. Fitch has consistently been a guy who beats borderline top 10ers for long streaks, but always opposed top 5 guys, citing that he shouldn't have to and that he already deserved a titled shot.

So Zuffa got fed up with his unwillingness to perform, and either A) offered him a smaller contract, B) said f--- it and let him go, or C) offered him a smaller contract which he declined, so they said f--- it and let him go.

Maybe I'm wrong, but that's the only reasoning apparent to me as to why he was cut.

Well my argument on why Fitch shouldn't have gotten another title shot is that he never looked like he evolved his game. Fitch's whole game is wrestling guys and neutralizing them on the ground. How is he going to do that to GSP? Fitch never showed anything in his skillset that could counter GSP in a rematch.

Look what happened in the Maia fight. He ran into a guy that does he does but even better.

I like how youre trying to compare me caring about jon fitch in a jon fitch thread, to you pretending you dont care, and even more pathetically arguing with me about how little you care rather than just dissapearing like someone who didnt care would

Ummmm, not sure if you're actually reading your comments. I haven't mentioned not caring since my original comment. I corrected you when I explained that i make beer & potty runs during his fights (I do that during GSP fights to.....shhhhh, don't tell anyone). The rest of my comments have been spent responding to your assertion that I'm actually somehow really caring about his dismissal by responding multiple times to your claims. Which, by your logic must mean that i really care about you because I'm responding to your posts, despite it not being in an official "We love Roo" thread. I'm sure it makes sense to you. So that's what counts i guess.

Ummmm, not sure if you're actually reading your comments. I haven't mentioned not caring since my original comment. I corrected you when I explained that i make beer & potty runs during his fights (I do that during GSP fights to.....shhhhh, don't tell anyone). The rest of my comments have been spent responding to your assertion that I'm actually somehow really caring about his dismissal by responding multiple times to your claims. Which, by your logic must mean that i really care about you because I'm responding to your posts, despite it not being in an official "We love Roo" thread. I'm sure it makes sense to you. So that's what counts i guess.

"The rest of my comments have been spent responding to your assertion that I'm actually somehow really caring about his dismissal by responding multiple times to your claims."

hmm, doesnt seem like you do read your comments. Or maybe you just really do care.

1: "Dan Hardy is one of the biggest draws in the UK. Fitch isn't even a draw in San Jose."
2: "Fitch is much like Fedor. Irrelevant at this point. True story."
3: "Fitch has been the sacrificial goat for lay n pray naysayers for years. His style didn't win fans or fights that counted. I'm looking forward to watching him dry hump Ben Askren for 15 minutes in his next fight."
4: "That fight needs to be sponsored by ambien."

Im not sure how any of those "Responded to my assertion that you're actually somehow caring about his dismissal by responding multiple times to my claims."

They just seemed like thinly veiled troll attempts to me. How much you care has nothing to do with responding to me, it has to do with how you cant resist talking about Jon Fitch, and for some reason, fedor, in a thread that didnt even mention him. You're goign to have to bring more to the plate next time. Im dissapointed.

Smart move by the UFC.
Fitch would probably beat some of the more marketable fighters like Condit & Diaz that are vulnerable to wrestlers.
UFC is about entertainment and making money. Can't blame them for this move. But it is unfair.